Has anyone been able to use the light switch for a heater instead?
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Not a good idea the heater draws close to 15 amps on its own, plus the current of the fan it might fry the circuit board. Not recommend
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Sure heat or heat and light on the same leg but I just looked at the package and it says a Max 0f 500 watts for the light portion and 3 amps on the fan side So basically a load under 4 amps on the lamp side and your alright
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Why would you want to? This is to detect humidity and turn on an exhaust fan to get the humidity out.
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There is a push in switch at the bottom of the right vertical rail. It's also where the wiring comes out. No this can not be use as an alternate heater because the rails only get warm to the touch. It does a good job drying towels, takes awhile, but it is low electrical consumption.
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No - I simply tried installing it as a two way switch, and it didn't work even for that.
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I believe you will need an additonal switch. On this unit, there is a switch that I used to control the light. Then there is the automatic/manual switch used to control the vent fan. I don't have a nightlight, but I use a seperate timer switch to control the heater built into my vent/light/heat unit. B. Wood
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Yes, we also replaced the outlet between heaters. The new heater is on the same line, most of a year now, no problems with it.
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No problem lighting heater. Hold button down for about 10 seconds, release and depress button again. Residual gas from first press should help firing it right up.
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We are using it without a light switch. However, you should know the pull cords don't work when this is installed.
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Hi Willa,depress the knob counterclockwise to IGN and when the heater lights then turn to one of the 3 settings; IGN if you want heater to be able to easily light the next time, LO if you want medium heat, and HI if you want the full capacity of the heater. Works well for us.Hope that helps, Fondly, Richard
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Have you tried pushing the heat switch on the back of the unit to the "on" position?
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I have the same question. I have thought if using a switch but am not sure if it would work that way.
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I currently have the unit hooked up separate. One switch to operate the heat lamp and a separate to operate the fan. There are instructions to wire on the same switch as well.
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No, you will have to purchase a separate timing switch and wire the heater to that switch.
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The switch is not waterproof. I guess you could try to find a waterproofing cover or improvise with a flexible membrane. Make sure the heater elements (and all connectors) are protected from the moisture as well.
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not alone. I had some success with it with CFL's only when there was also an incandescent bulb on the same circuit. My switch eventually failed.
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Yes, I've set mine up with a time control separately on each the fan and heater then a switch to turn on the light. Both the fan/heat are very quiet but powerful!
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Yes you can,As long as the unit does not have a night feature.you will also have to wire (If the unit has regular light) the light,exhaust fan and heater together for the timer switch(Which means you have no control over the heater being off if you don't need it)unless the timer switch has an additional switches.
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Perhaps so. I don't have that capability on my switch. Light is very soft however - more of a "glow",